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If you're searching Google for information on a health issue, you may see a window pop up that invites you to have a video chat with an expert -- for free. Google is testing a system for linking searchers to healthcare professionals offering consults through its Helpouts service. Normally, there's a fee attached, but Google is picking up the tab during its search feature trial period. Google is offering a limited trial of a feature that offers people conducting searches of medical terms the opportunity to engage in a video chat with a health professional via its Helpouts service. Helpouts, which launched last November, connects users with experts in a variety of fields such as Art & Music, Fitness & Nutrition, and Health. The experts typically charge a fee for their service, but Google will cover all fees for users who engage with a health professional via the new search feature during its test period. The new feature initially was reported on Reddit . Goog...

Nokia on Tuesday announced the N1 Android tablet, the first offering under its own brand since Microsoft's acquisition of its mobile phone business. The N1, slated for Q1 2015 release in China, will be made by Foxconn, which also will handle sales and distribution. "There are two Nokias now, the cellphone unit, which Microsoft bought, and the networking unit, which this [N1] announcement seems to have come out of," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group . Microsoft is migrating away from the Nokia name, having just brought out the Microsoft Lumia 535 , the first Lumia associated with its own name, and "my understanding is that [it] won't be releasing any more Nokia-branded tablets," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. The Lumia 2520 may not have sold well in China, where prices are "far lower" on the average, Enderle pointed out, so "these are very different products at very different prices, and I wouldn...

100 times faster 5G will also run faster, a lot faster. Prof Tafazolli now believes it is possible to run a wireless data connection at an astounding 800Gbps - that's 100 times faster than current 5G testing. When Samsung announced in 2013 it was testing 5G at 1Gbps, journalists excitedly reported that a high-definition movie could be downloaded in less than half a minute. A speed of 800Gbps would equate to downloading 33 HD films - in a single second.